CVE-2022-34669 Path traversal in vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)
Unprivileged users can access or modify critical system files via the NVIDIA GPU driver, potentially leading to code execution, privilege escalation, or data tampering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-34669?
CVE-2022-34669 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 30 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the user mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can access or modify system files or other files that are critical to the application, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34669?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Cloud Gaming, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-34669?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-34669 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34669 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c44x-8p8x-4vc4.